Soccer's regular season wraps this weekend at UTRGV and Lamar

ABILENE – The ACU soccer team will close the regular season this weekend on the road with the postseason still up for grabs. The Wildcats (6-7-1, 4-3-1 WAC) sit in fourth place of the standings, but are just one point away from the coveted third-place spot. ACU will take on UTRGV on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m., and will close the weekend on Saturday, Oct. 30 with a matchup at 1 p.m. Friday's game will air on ESPN+ and Saturday's will air on the WAC Digital Network.

FOLLOW THE GAMES

SERIES HISTORY vs. UTRGV

• ALL-TIME | 4th meeting (ACU leads, 3-0-0)
• LAST MEETING | Sept. 26, 2021 (ACU 3 - 2 UTRGV - OT) - in Abilene
• STREAK | ACU, w3
• IN ABILENE | ACU leads, 2-0-0
• IN EDINBURG | n/a
• NOTES | The teams played in a neutral site in 2014, with ACU winning 5-1

SERIES HISTORY vs. LAMAR

• ALL-TIME | 10th meeting (Series tied, 4-4-1)
• LAST MEETING | Sept. 24, 2021 (LU 0 - 0 ACU) - in Abilene
• STREAK | t1
• IN ABILENE | ACU leads, 3-1-1
• IN BEAUMONT | LU leads, 3-1-0
• NOTES | LU had won two straight in the series before the tie in Abilene

ACU STORYLINES

• HUGE WEEKEND: The Wildcats got easily the two biggest wins of the season this past weekend at home against Sam Houston and SFA. ACU won 2-1 Friday night in overtime, with Laura Mauldin scoring the equalizer and Ellen Joss knocking home the game-winner. Sunday showed how good this Wildcat team can be with a 3-1 win over SFA, including three first-half goals.
• WAC STANDINGS: SFA has already won the regular-season championship and have locked up the No. 1 seed in the division, and Sam Houston currently sits in second place with 15 points. Lamar is in third place with 14 points, and ACU is right back in the thick of it with 13 points, and can now continue to climb the latter in the standings going into the final weekend. The top three in the division go to the conference tournament.
• WAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Natalie Jones earned the league's Offensive Player of the Week after scoring two goals against SFA Sunday. It is Jones' second POTW honor, and also her fifth career multi-score game of her career.

SCOUTING UTRGV

• The Vaqueros (5-11-2, 1-6-1 WAC) are looking for their first win since late September after coming off a tie and a loss this past weekend.
• UTRGV is led by Emily Zapata's four goals scored this year.
• Maile Lunardi leads the way in net with 13 starts and 72 saves.

SCOUTING LAMAR

• The Cardinals (7-7-2, 4-2-2 WAC) fell to SFA on Oct. 17 and tied UTRGV on Oct. 23 before closing the regular season this weekend.
• Lamar is led by Isela Ramirez's seven goals offensively.
• Nicole Panis has made 15 starts in net with 93 saves.

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